Buckle.



No. 7||,74a. Patented Oct. 2|, I902.

w. m. WARNER.

BUCK-LE.

(Application filed Feb. 7, 1900.-

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EEICE.

WILLIAM M. \VARNER, OF YONKERS NEW YORK.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 71 1,748, dated. October 21, 1902- Application filed February 7, 1900. Serial No. 4,401. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. WARNER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city of Yonkers, county of lrVestchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The buckle herein described and claimed is intended, primarily, to hold the edge or fold of fabrics, so that it shall serve as a holder for bedclothes or as a fastener for towels, stockings, or the like.

The invention consists in the combination of a frame and tongue, as hereinafter particularly described, and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying sheet of'drawings, which forms a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the buckle. Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the buckle and the edge of a bed-cover engaged thereby. Fig. 3 shows a part of a bed and cover and a buckle holding the cover, the buckle being tied to a bed-post.

In the form shown the frame of the buckle is a ring a, upon which the tongue I) is hinged at c.- The movement of the tongue on its hinge permits it to be lifted from the ring, and it may be reversed and lie across either side of the ring. This movement will be termed the angular movement. It can also be moved around the ring circumferentially. This circumferential movement in addition to its function in looking the tongue, as hereinafter described, also serves to permit the fabric to be passed through the ring in any position thereof and the tongue to move around the ring to properly engage it. The tongue overlies the frame, or, in other words, the end of the tongue projects beyond the inner margin of the frame, and is in this respect different from the ordinary buckle in which the end of the tongue closely coincides with the inner margin of the frame, and the fabric is clamped between the end of the tongue and the inner margin of the frame.

A head'd is formed on the end of the tongue,

and since the head is larger than the shank of the tongue shoulders e are formed on the tongue between, its head and hinge. These shoulders may be on the top and bottom, as

shown. The shoulders may be formed both at the sides, top, and bottom by providing a ball-shaped head to the tongue.

In the form of my invention shown the end of the tongue not only projects beyond the inner margin of the frame, but also beyond the outer margin thereof, and the shoulders 6, formed by the head, are also beyond the outer margin of the frame, and one shoulder is adjacent thereto when the bracket is in position for use, a portion of the head at that time projecting below the frame itself.

The tongue is extended on the opposite side of the hinge from the head, where it is provided with an eye f for the attachment of a cord or tape, by which it is connected to its support-as, for example, to the bed-postas shown in Fig. 3. Any other suitable form of connection may be substituted for the eye and tape.

The outline of the frame is not necessarily that of a circle; but it is desirable that it should be so formed that there will be a considerable opening on each side of the tongue, so that the edge or fold of a heavy fabric or several thicknesses of fabric can be passed through the ring and over the head of the tongue.

Whenthe fabric is passed through the frame and over the head of the tongue, as shown in Fig. 2, the edge lodges back of the shoulder, and the fabric is wrapped over the head of the tongue and around the inner margin of the frame. The friction due to this wrapping is sufficient to securely hold the fabric against dislodgment, owing to the engagement of the edge back of the shoulder, and the transverse tension along the edge which holds it in place. This friction upon the head, rather than a bite or grip between the tongue and frame, is relied upon to hold the fabric, since it is thereby held Without injury. Means are, however, provided by which the tongue can be prevented from lifting away from the frame when the tension on the fabric is slackened. This consists in slots g on each side of the hinge-hole and a fiat place h at one point of the ring. By turning the ring circumferentially the flat place is passed into the slots and the tongue thereby locked against angular movement with respect to the ring, thus preventing the tongue from lifting away from the ring in event of the slackening of the tension on the tapes and fabric and the fabric thereby given an opportunity to work loose.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A buckle consisting of a frame and a tongue having relative circumferential and angular movements, and means, operative on a circumferential movement of the frame and tongue, to lock the said parts against angular movement, substantially as described.

2. A buckle consisting of a ring, and a tongue having a hole through which the ring passes, capable of angular and circumferential movement upon the ring, substantially as described.

3. A buckle consisting of a ring, and a tongue having an angular aperture through which the ring'passes and the ring having a portion angular in cross-section to lock the tongue, substantially as described.

4. A buckle, consisting of a frame and hinged tongue, the tongue overlying the upper surface of the frame and having a part upon its end projecting beyond the outer margin of the frame and located below the upper surface thereof, substantially as described.

/ WILLIAM M. \VARNER.

Witnesses:

THOMAS EWING, J12, S. H. THAYER. 

